In the last section of this tutorial we briefly mentioned a few terms such as “timeline” and “newsfeed.” This section will give further meaning to these terms as well help you navigate some of the other features that Facebook has to offer. After your account has already been created, every time you login you are going to land on your homepage, aka your newsfeed.

Your newsfeed is specific to your account and is tailored by Facebook to reflect your friends, pages you like, and advertisements targeted to you. No one else has the same newsfeed! It will look something like this:

So, you’re on Facebook and you presumably have already found some of your friends on the platform as well. What’s next? Maybe you would like to let your friends know what’s on your mind. This can be done through posting a status update which will appear on your profile, as well as in your friends’ news feeds. The image below shows where to get started:

Welcome to Facebook! You have (finally) decided to join the network that currently boasts over 1.5 billion users. Since its creation in 2004, Facebook has become one of the go-to social media platforms for myriad reasons. Most importantly, the versatile platform has gained critical mass and there is a good probability that the majority of people you know already have an active account. Due to its ubiquity, Facebook has become a powerful tool to connect with people whom you already know, people you used to know, and even people you would like to know. So let’s get started!

When you land on the Facebook homepage you will be greeted with this screen:

Welcome to Facebook! You have (finally) decided to join the network that currently boasts over 1.5 billion users. Since its creation in 2004, Facebook has become one of the go-to social media platforms for myriad reasons. Most importantly, the versatile platform has gained critical mass and there is a good probability that the majority of people you know already have an active account. Due to its ubiquity, Facebook has become a powerful tool to connect with people whom you already know, people you used to know, and even people you would like to know. So let’s get started!

When you land on the Facebook homepage you will be greeted with this screen: